International News

  • Clinton, Sanders bring White House race to Brooklyn By Jennie MATTHEW NEW YORK, April 14, (APP/AFP) – Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders take their increasingly acrimonious battle for the Democratic White House nomination to a debate stage in Brooklyn on Thursday ahead of the key New York primary. The former secretary of state holds a […]

  • US anger over Syria doctor killed in ‘targeted strike’

    WASHINGTON, April 14, (APP/AFP) – The United States expressed outrage Thursday over the death of a leading Syrian doctor in what officials said appeared to be a targeted air strike. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Doctor Hassan al-Araj had been a respected community leader and health professional in the northern town of Hama. “The […]

  • Defiant Hollande to decide on 2017 bid at end of year

    PARIS, April 14, (APP/AFP) – Beleaguered French President Francois Hollande vowed Thursday his highly contested reforms would produce results and said he would decide at the end of the year if he will stand for re-election in 2017. Questioned by four members of the public on live TV, Hollande insisted he would pursue attempts to […]

  • Japan earthquake death toll jumps to nine: official

    TOKYO, April 14, (APP/AFP) – The death toll from a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Japan has climbed to nine people, officials said Friday after the powerful tremor damaged buildings and left hundreds injured. “The toll currently stands at nine dead,” a disaster management official from hard-hit Kumamoto prefecture on Kyushu island told AFP, after […]

  • Protecting nature — there are apps for that

    SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, (APP/AFP) – Apple on Thursday set out to inspire people to protect nature with a special collection of apps whose proceeds will go toward doing just that. The technology powerhouse behind the iPhone and the iPad worked with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and developers from around the globe to launch […]

  • Obama in fence-mending trip to see Saudi king

    WASHINGTON, April 14, (APP/AFP) – US President Barack Obama will visit King Salman and the Saudi royal court in Riyadh next week in a bid to mend increasingly frayed ties between the allies. Before his election, Obama famously dismissed Saudi Arabia as America’s “so-called ally” and relations have remained tense through both his two terms. […]